Henri Cartier-Bresson

Born in France in 1908, Henri Cartier-Bresson was integral to the development of modern photography and was successful in establishing photojournalism as an art form. He travelled to India and photographed Mahatma Gandhi before his assassination in 1948, which came to be viewed as one of the most significant documentations of Gandhi’s death and its impact. He exhibited his work all over the world and was considered the master of candid photography.

ESSAYS

Letter to Krishen Khanna

by Henri Cartier-Bresson

Date: October, 1969

Dear Krishen,

So often we speak of you and miss you. I just finished shooting for one year and now will go to make movie on California till end of the year. When are you coming back.